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Trump held a UFC cage fight event at the White House on his 80th birthday, drawing criticism as a 'grand pageant for an aging president.' UFC will pay fighters in cryptocurrency issued by a Trump company.
Trump held a UFC cage fight event at the White House on his 80th birthday. The UFC is paying fighters in cryptocurrency issued by a Trump company, turning the event into a financial arrangement between the president and a major sports organization. Critics called it a 'grand pageant for an aging president.'
This isn't a typical White House event. It's a commercial sporting spectacle held inside the president's residence, with fighters being paid in Trump-branded crypto. The arrangement suggests the UFC has decided that associating with Trump financially is worth the reputational risk. For Trump, it's a high-profile 80th birthday celebration that doubles as a commercial for his cryptocurrency venture.
The crypto payment detail is the thing that sticks. It means the fighters accepted less certain payment (crypto) than traditional salary, probably because the Trump brand association was part of the compensation package. That's how you know it's primarily about politics and brand, not about the fighting sport itself.
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